Straight Talk About Arbitration at the FamilySearch Blog – “By removing the arbitration results number, we lose something of value, but in our view and in the view of most indexers who were surveyed, we gain something more important and substantial.”

Creating and Sharing

Heirloom Makeover by Manavi Kapur – “Wearing a piece of jewellery that has been in one’s family for at least four generations can be a sublime, emotional experience.”

Author Encourages Heirloom Decorating at Indiana Gazette – “No room is complete without something of age and provenance and character.” … And don’t treat heirlooms like stuffy museum pieces, Sully advises. Instead, “take what’s old and give it life again by actually using it. … Allow heirlooms to relate to the rest of the room. These are beautiful things with stories to tell and history to share.”

Heirloom Bible Returned to Family at Nebraska.TV – “This family gemstone did more than simply connect me with my heritage. My relationships with my cousins blossomed.”

Finding the ‘Story Magic’ in Our Work as Personal Historians by Marjorie Turner Hollman at APH – “It’s the power of seeing oneself differently, making peace with one’s past, and forging connections. The tools we use may vary, but the effect upon the teller is the same and can be a powerful agent of change.”

That’s a Perfectly Good Memory—Why Aren’t You Using It? at the FamilySearch Blog – “If your memory box is collecting dust in the back of your mind, it’s time to start pulling those memories out and putting them to use. You’ll be surprised to discover what they can do for the rising generation and how many nifty (and easy) ways there are to share them.”

Family History Research Ideas for Summer at CrestLeaf Blog – “Rather than planning your usual summertime getaway with the family, why not take an educational excursion to a genealogy or family history library?”

LDS

Digitizania! New From the L. Tom Perry Special Collections by Tod R. at the Juvenile Instructor – “In this series, we will be highlighting new digital collections from a variety of repositories throughout the world related to Mormon Studies. We hope this will provide a useful service to new and seasoned researchers alike.”

Half Italian, and Proud of It by Sharlene Nauta at the FamilySearch Blog – “Learning Italian to reconnect with my roots is a small token of my gratitude for all they’ve done. I will forever be proud to be Italian.”

May I Introduce to You . . . Eric Proffitt by Jana Last at Geneabloggers – “I have been impressed at how many times I have discovered that my personality, character traits, talents and interests are shared by many of my ancestors.”

Research Tips

Evernote Bootcamp: Tame Your Notebooks With A Table Of Contents by Anthony Karcz at Forbes – “The ability to create a Table of Contents wasn’t part of the original structure of Evernote; but was later introduced for the Mac and PC desktop clients. It’s a pretty brilliant way to easily organize and structure unwieldy collections of notes (like my 574-entry Recipe Book!).”

Don’t Neglect the Other Census Records at Amy Johnson Crow – “Even the Federal census has other parts we need to use, in addition to the population schedule. These include the 1890 veterans schedule, the industry schedules, the agricultural schedules, and the “defective, dependent, and delinquent” schedules.”

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